diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/DirectMessageRequest.h b/backends/twitter/Requests/DirectMessageRequest.h
index 6159ed651aceba24ca0b3b36505e1dbb0bd07058..2dd5ae7a1ca01f29703390d2f9a6cd9443921f4f 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/Requests/DirectMessageRequest.h
+++ b/backends/twitter/Requests/DirectMessageRequest.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ using namespace Transport;
 
 class DirectMessageRequest : public Thread
 {
-	twitCurl twitObj;
+	twitCurl *twitObj;
 	std::string data;
 	std::string user;
 	std::string username;
@@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ class DirectMessageRequest : public Thread
 
 	public:
 	DirectMessageRequest(NetworkPlugin *_np, twitCurl *obj, const std::string &_user, const std::string & _username, const std::string &_data) {
-		twitObj = *obj;
+		twitObj = obj->clone();
 		data = _data;
 		user = _user;
 		username = _username;
 		np = _np;
 	}
 
+	~DirectMessageRequest() {
+		delete twitObj;
+	}
+
 	void run();
 	void finalize();
 };